Buddy/George Jones - Dancetown USA

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 15 Feb 2003 6:27 am

While searching for a copy of this album, I found the following site:

George Jones- June 1965 Dancetown USA, Houston TX

You can listen to MP3's of each song, or play all songs sequentially or randomly. The only "problem" is that the files are .mp3.m3u, which seems to be a streaming format. If anyone can tell me how to save the files to my computer, I'd appreciate it.

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Larry Bell · Post by **Larry Bell** » 15 Feb 2003 7:32 am

GOT IT!!!!
An mpu or mp3.mpu is an mpeg url
If you save the .mpu file then open it with a text editor and copy the url, you can paste it into your browser. The extension will be .mp3 and it will download it to the destination you specify. Their server is VERY SLOW (like 9K/sec with a cable modem, so the bottleneck isn't at this end). The Untitled Instrumental (Track 1) is Hold It -- and a really hot version.

Cool stuff, BTW.
Got your D-12 yet?
Jerry's working on my new one soon.
Later

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Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 15 Feb 2003 9:20 am

Yep, and the server is even slower since I posted it.

Dadgummit, I think you and I went through this before. I guess it's my old Windows Media Player that I'm too stubborn to upgrade. I did as you said and can play the MP3 with the player directly, but File-Save As... in Media Player is still grayed out.

Yep, you're right about Hold It. He throws what sounds like a TV theme song in there somewhere, a lot of bouncing on the 7th pedal, but I can't think of the name. Do anyone know the name or the show?

Also the one listed as Rio City, that George introduces as Rose City Chimes, is B. Bowman Hop. Buddy kills on Panhandle Rag too, great tone throughout the whole album.

Since it was done in 1965, does anyone know if that was an Emmons guitar through a Standel amp?

As for my D-12 Fessy, last weekend Jerry said it was almost done, but I haven't heard if he shipped it yet or not.

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 15 Feb 2003 9:29 am

TV theme song in there somewhere, a lot of bouncing on the 7th pedal

The snippet is from "Holiday For Strings."

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Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 15 Feb 2003 9:33 am

That's it! Thanks Herb, you da man!

The sites I searched for this album list a reissue CD, but everyone is out of it. If someone finds it in stock, please let me know. I'm hoping to be able to download the MP3's and burn my own CD, but failing that, if it's out of print, I'd sure like to get a copy. (hint, hint!)

Larry Bell · Post by **Larry Bell** » 15 Feb 2003 9:48 am

Jim,
You don't save from MediaPlayer, you save from your BROWSER. Be sure that your browser is set to ASK whether you want to execute or save the file, rather than just play it. That way you can save from there. I believe it's under 'Helper Applications' in Netscape -- not sure for IE or Opera, etc. Hope that helps.

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Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 15 Feb 2003 10:23 am

Thanks for the link Jim!

Does anybody know the name of the Instrumental that kicks off the second set?

(#14)

Melinda Dauley · Post by **Melinda Dauley** » 15 Feb 2003 10:40 am

George Jones is coming to my town. I wish I could go see him. Unfortunately, I'm leaving the next day on an air-o-plane and I have to make sure everything's okay at home before I leave.
Melinda

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Jeff Evans · Post by **Jeff Evans** » 15 Feb 2003 12:51 pm

Hmmm...seems some of the best songs were left off the vinyl release. This is a rare, raw audio pathway back to the Golden Age.

Man, it's interesting to compare this "Sad Song" version with the Cherokee's Lynchburg live bootleg from the same year.

Maybe b0b can find a supplier and make these available through the Forum...

Graham · Post by **Graham** » 15 Feb 2003 12:55 pm

There is an easier way to get these, at your leisure. The mpu file is actually an mp3 playlist file. If you are using Winamp, right click on the Play All Songs and save that file to your hard drive. Double clicking on that file will open the whole playlist in Winamp. Don't play the songs, right click on them individually, then click on Song info. This will bring up a box with the URL in it, highlight that, right click, select copy and then as Larry said, paste it into your browser and download the song to a directory of your choice.
If you go to the website and print it out first, you then will have a listing of all the songs as done by whoever and can rename your mp3 files at will.

The Essential Spade Cooley You might want to check this one out too.

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CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 15 Feb 2003 1:40 pm

there are some great sounds there all right !
now if i could only listen without it cuttin out so often.
i'm usin real player and ADSL connection
i must say that i'm at a loss at gettin this together

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Bill Cunningham · Post by **Bill Cunningham** » 15 Feb 2003 3:38 pm

You can buy this on CD here.
http://artists.mp3s.com/nn/cd/353/353240.html

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Dave Van Allen · Post by **Dave Van Allen** » 15 Feb 2003 4:05 pm

If I remember correctly, when I asked Buddy about the amp used on the Dancetown gig- he said he thought it was a Fender Twin Reverb.

also said that a head of cabbage he placed in front of it before the first set was coleslaw by the end

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 15 Feb 2003 5:46 pm

Bill, when I click on "Buy This CD Now" it comes up with an empty shopping basket. Does this mean it's out of stock or just a poorly designed website?

Dave Van Allen · Post by **Dave Van Allen** » 15 Feb 2003 6:04 pm

The CD is likely out of print- it was released on ACE records (UK) , an import to us in the States.

Dave Alfstad · Post by **Dave Alfstad** » 16 Feb 2003 8:21 am

This cd is out of print. I looked for it for 2 years when I came across somebody selling it on e-bay. It had never been opened and they were selling some leftover stock that they had laying around. I won the auction and feel very fortunate to have this cd in my collection. It is awesome! It was recorded in 1965. When I bought it I didn't know that Buddy Emmons was playing on that show. It was a double surprise to get the cd and find that Buddy was on it!

Dave Alfstad
Indianola, Iowa

Bill Cunningham · Post by **Bill Cunningham** » 17 Feb 2003 7:16 am

Jim:

I hadn't actually clicked "Buy Now" before I posted the link. I get the same thing!

Mike Cass · Post by **Mike Cass** » 17 Feb 2003 10:33 am

....I was really hoping that this topic wouldnt come up again....I believe Buddy referred to his tone on that recording as a real "buzz killer"

scott murray · Post by **scott murray** » 17 Feb 2003 4:22 pm

Yes... a "Royal" buzz kill, right Dave?

So what is the "untitled instl" that opens the 2nd set (while GJ is still on liquormission... i mean intermission)???

It's a fiddle thing. Something Bob Wills did maybe? HERB???

Dave Van Allen · Post by **Dave Van Allen** » 17 Feb 2003 6:44 pm

yeah a "'Royal' buzz kill"...

in spite of how E might feel about it for his own reasons, I feel "Dancetown" is a remarkable documentation of Buddy in a live situation in 1965, and the dichotomy between what he was expected to play for the C&W tunes(which was undeniably great), and what he could play when turned loose for an instrumental (which nobody else on the planet could do at the time); also a document of what amazing playing went on in honky-tonks to such little appreciation.

Same goes for George- while not in primo form on the date (a cold or some other malady) he is without a doubt the incredible stylist who would become a legend; yet the crowd seems preoccupied with their Saturday night activities, very like a Roadhog Moran / Cadillac Cowboys gig at JMB HS.

Chris DeBarge · Post by **Chris DeBarge** » 20 Feb 2003 7:28 am

One of my favorite George Jones CD's, and Buddy's playing is of course superb - wish my tone was that good. I agree that it's a great document of the time. "Rose City Chimes" (though wrongly listed as "Rio...") and "Panhandle Rag" are some of the instrumentals.

And we use the "liquormission" line in our shows too!

Joerg Hennig · Post by **Joerg Hennig** » 21 Feb 2003 1:36 pm

Chris, as Jim mentioned above, that was NOT Rose City Chimes, but "B.Bowman Hop." I often wonder why Buddy did not play "Rose City Chimes", as George suggested. It´s one of my favorite BE tunes and I have a version of it with the Texas Troubadours where he does that thumb-pickin thing just like a "rockabilly" guitar - incredible! I´ve been trying to learn it since Christmas and have memorized it by now but can´t play it at that speed yet...

Regards, Joe H.

scott murray · Post by **scott murray** » 21 Feb 2003 5:06 pm

yeah, that live version w/ the Troubs is the one.

actually if you listen closer to the Dancetown cd, you'll hear it's Buddy who says he's gonna play "Rose City", and George just announces it into the mike.

Buddy just screwed up on the title, possibly as a result of the liquormission.

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 21 Feb 2003 5:39 pm

Scott, I just went back to listen again, you're right!

P Gleespen · Post by **P Gleespen** » 20 Mar 2003 12:35 pm

Hmmm, that site seems to have disappeared!

Bummer! I got the first few tunes downloaded, but now it looks like I'm going to have to keep trying to find it elsewhere.

...unless of course (hint hint) anyone with a cd burner and a big heart would like to do me a fay-vah!

Hmmm, should I have a moral dilemma about burning copies of cds that are out of print?